And later, he issued a statement on Twitter. "Bykov will never know that Phil is a pervert," he wrote, referring to his character, "But Okhlobystin, when he learned that his friend Odin is a sodomite, banged his head against the wall and cursed fate."

Okhlobystin's countrymen, however, have taken to social media to share their own thoughts on the matter — surprisingly diverse ones, too, in a country where 86 percent of people don't know any gays or lesbians, and the vast majority has strictly negative views on minority sexual orientations. Read the good, the bad, and the ugly translations below.

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